What bad thoughts can Batman have?

Chapter 986 We are standing at the center of the world

The Hand of the Void departed.

Dr. Manhattan has obtained a portion of the essence of power he had extracted from the Void Hand, which he can now study.

This is all thanks to Batman Dragon. Without his help, even if he had captured the Void Hand, analyzing its power would have been a protracted process due to the Void Hand's resistance. But now, Batman Dragon has made the Void Hand willingly relinquish a portion of its power to remain in the Watchmen universe, saving Doctor Manhattan a tremendous amount of trouble.

The Void Hand must have thought that abandoning these powers wouldn't give Dr. Manhattan much of a better understanding of his own abilities, but he was wrong. Just as Dr. Manhattan didn't understand the Void Hand and his power story, the Void Hand didn't understand Dr. Manhattan either.

During his long-term observation of the DC multiverse, Dr. Manhattan grew faster than anyone else, even more rapidly than Perpetua. He had almost figured out how Perpetua created the world by guessing and figuring things out little by little. Given time, there was almost no power that Dr. Manhattan could not understand at all; it was just a matter of whether he decided to master it.

Among gods of the Void Hand's caliber, Dr. Manhattan's learning ability would surely astound everyone.

Dr. Manhattan attempted to intervene in the power of the story that enveloped the flesh and blood of the Void Hand, trying to infuse his quantum link power into it. However, unsurprisingly, he only felt a huge backlash from the power.

But then, the sound of flesh cracking and hair growing longer filled the air. It was a scene of righteousness severed from a hand, a lone hero wounded, a hero with a severed arm, a chilling sight!
To sum it up briefly, last time we talked about...

What's going on? Dr. Manhattan immediately removed the backlash. The Void Hand had clearly left, but the story energy was still like a smaller version of the Void Hand, imposing its own story on reality, like a frog whose leg had been cut off and was still twitching.

Dr. Manhattan stopped his attempt to probe the internal state of the energy mass. He didn't want to try and then destroy it, just as a farmer wouldn't chew up seeds for no reason.

While this cost him his last chance to explore the secrets hidden within this energy, it also inspired him: "A story, all the power of stories divided by the Void Hand will spontaneously form a story, no matter how bad or powerless the story is, but the power of stories has an unconscious self-constructing nature."

Dr. Manhattan offered a brief assessment and estimate: "It's very similar to the self-construction and self-healing of the DC multiverse."

He fell into deep thought. The striking similarities between the two sparked his reflections. He attempted to construct a self-healing, pan-conscious universe or world in the palm of his hand, similar to the DC multiverse or the power of the Void Hand story, but he failed in an instant.

The research immediately distracted Dr. Manhattan, and his decision not to destroy or disperse the energy given to him by the Void Hand prevented him from successfully probing what Batman Dragon had hidden within that energy.

Batman Dragon altered the story of the Void Hand, and then in the story, he allowed the Void Hand to leave its power in the Watchmen universe. All of this was orchestrated by Batman Dragon, and if he wanted to make a move, this was the perfect opportunity for him.

This was indeed Chen Tao's opportunity, but also a trap he set based on Dr. Manhattan's personality. If Dr. Manhattan had risked damaging the experimental materials and opened this damned bundle of story power to see what was inside, then there would have been no future for him.

But Dr. Manhattan didn't do that. Was there some influence from the broader consciousness of the DC multiverse at play?

Okay, this is the topic that Dr. Manhattan needs to study.

Chen Tao was unaware that he had completely forgotten all his plans; his mind was a blank, as white as a sheet of paper. Even if someone forcibly broke through his surface consciousness and tried to peer into the depths of his mind, they would probably find nothing but bizarre things like the Doomsday Bride, a middle-aged or elderly white maid, or a skeleton dressed as a maid.

The Void Hand successfully escaped from Dr. Manhattan.

Despite expending some effort, he appeared completely unharmed... but in reality, it wasn't so easy.

He was indeed weakened by Batman Dragon. Although the Schrödinger's sword given to him by Dr. Manhattan still existed, seemingly making up for his loss of combat power to some extent, the quantum power, as the name suggests, meant that the sword both existed and did not exist, existing in a quantum superposition state.

Doctor Manhattan made a deal with Batman's Dragon through the power of the story, letting Void Hand go. This sword was part of their deal, but once Void Hand temporarily used the sword to repel Perpetua, Doctor Manhattan would take it back and wouldn't let him possess it—just kidding, even if the sword were given to Void Hand, he wouldn't dare use it. Using a weapon created by Doctor Manhattan against Doctor Manhattan would be idiotic, wouldn't it?

In short, Batman Dragon's understanding of him was flawed. Besides the power of the story, the Void Hand harbored other untapped powers. It was merely leaving some of the story power within the Watchmen universe, which would temporarily weaken him, and also reduce the attention both Perpetual and Batman Dragon paid to him.

He needs to unleash his hidden power at the most crucial moment, not now, not even soon, but perhaps in the distant future—it all depends on timing.

If he reveals his trump card but cannot devour the DC multiverse, then revealing it is meaningless. Before that, he would rather show weakness to Batman Dragon and deliberately throw out some of his power for Doctor Manhattan to devour, than let anyone know about his trump card.

So now the situation on the field has changed again to Batman Dragon and Void Hand teaming up against Papetua, but unlike before, Batman Dragon has already used one of the three Cosmic Reboots, and now he only has two left.

After the three reactivations are completed, no matter what happens in the DC multiverse, even if Perpetual uses Batman Dragon to clean up the mess, Chen Tao will not attempt to change history again... because changing it once more would be tantamount to sending everyone in the entire DC multiverse to their doom...

The Lady of Death will gently explain to you that you are dead, the reasons she "had to do it," and then let you rest in peace forever.

Or should we just surrender to Papetua? If we explain the consequences, Papetua will surely agree to stop turning everyone in the DC multiverse into giant soldiers who are hybrids of Martian hunters and human genes, and then live happily with everyone in the multiverse. Even when facing evil enemies in the DC multiverse, he will bravely rush to protect the entire DC multiverse, haha.
Haha.

what.

Don't make your sister laugh.

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The World Founder is pondering. He's considering whether, or rather, when, would be the best time to leave.

While Batman Dragon was busy dealing with the Void Hand and Perpetua, the World Maker wasn't idle either. Batman Dragon seemed to have completely forgotten about his Baby Multiverse. This suited the World Maker perfectly; after all, his Baby Multiverse was his last resort for escape. Unlike Batman Dragon, who had no escape route, the World Maker did.

Although he was killed by Superman Supreme once, which completely eliminated the World Builder and prevented him from nurturing the Infant Multiverse to its complete form as originally planned before leaving the DC Multiverse, it's already quite good that he was able to escape now. What more could he ask for?

The Baby Multiverse and the Watchmen's Universe are fundamentally different. This universe is a clone of the DC Multiverse from the very beginning, copying everything from the DC Multiverse, even the core modification left by Perpetual Geomancer: "The DC Multiverse will always experience crises, and then superheroes will come to the rescue, endlessly generating crisis power." The World Forgers are blatant plagiarists, while Dr. Manhattan wants to use the DC Multiverse as a reference to write his own homework.

So what if he's a plagiarist? The World Builder obediently follows Batman's orders, but secretly he's already forming alliances to orchestrate the escape of the three sixth-dimensional gods. It's not that he wants to share power with his brothers, but rather that with the current incomplete and weak infant multiverse, having three sixth-dimensional gods in charge is better than having him alone. Besides, because the superhuman Chen Tao, whom he created, rebelled, he's already decided to discard this obsolete core and take over himself.

The cloudy universe was his last bastion; how could he not worry if a mentally unstable world center were to be in charge?

Batman Dragon is constantly causing trouble, trying to fight against their mother, and the World Forger is watching from the sidelines, naturally willing to help. What if Batman Dragon actually manages to defeat Perpetua? Then wouldn't they no longer need to run away?

In short, as long as the World Forger gives up the struggle for more energy to strengthen his Infant Multiverse, whatever happens will be advantageous to him.

But just then, he heard the voice of Batman Dragon.

"Alphaus".

"what happened?"

"I need your help to activate the baby multiverse."

The world's foundry workers felt a sinking feeling upon hearing the voice.

Batman: Dragon has a history of smashing people with the universe, so you better not tell me you're trying to accelerate the baby multiverse and then use the entire multiverse to create Papetua.

How can you use the same plan twice? Have you no shame? Besides, the Infant Multiverse is the last hope for me and my two other brothers to escape. You want us to combine into the Ultimate Monitor and fight against Perpetua with you, that's fine, but why do you have to destroy our escape route as well?

Even the Anti-Monitor has temporarily lent you his status and power, isn't that enough?

No one will betray you. We even plan to fight alongside you until the very last moment, and then leave only after we are completely destroyed. This is our final responsibility as the sixth-dimensional deity to the entire DC multiverse.

But why do you have to bring this up?

Batman Dragon seems completely unaware of what the World Forger is thinking.

"I need you to separate the Baby Cloud Universe, which was originally attached to the DC Multiverse, from the entire DC Multiverse, and be prepared for a collision at any time."

The World Forger sighed: "If I leave, the Ultimate Watcher will not be able to continue."

"Just leave behind a little of your strength."

"This would significantly weaken the Ultimate Watcher, and I must remind you that if I want to control the entire Baby Multiverse, I cannot take away only a small amount of power, do you understand? I was killed by the Superman Supreme once, so I didn't have much power to begin with."

“You only need to leave behind enough power to keep the Ultimate Monitor running. It doesn’t matter if the Ultimate Monitor weakens significantly; I still have the chance to restart time.” He heard Batman Dragon say this, and then he sighed inwardly.

"I left the Superman Chen Tao that you created in your Baby Multiverse. You can leave him in that universe to act as a world engine, then start accelerating, and finally crash into the DC Multiverse. The Void Hand and I will create opportunities for you."

The World Maker sighed inwardly. He wouldn't return. Even the impact of the Infant Multiverse couldn't destroy Perpetua. Batman Dragon had gone all in, believing he could replicate Earth-15's success, but history may repeat itself in surprising ways, but it won't simply repeat itself.

He glanced at the monitors and the counter-monitors.

The Anti-Monitor will never perish with the DC multiverse, but the Monitor, that overly morally inclined idiot brother, is a different story.

The World Makers need Watchers, and the combined power of the three brothers will allow them to thrive after leaving the Baby Multiverse.

If given the chance, the World Forgers will return and retrieve the remaining Watchers who are still alive.

The World Founder made up his mind, and then he nodded quickly: "Okay, let's do it that way."

He quickly drained energy from the Ultimate Monitor, causing its power to drop drastically, and then headed towards the Infant Multiverse.

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In the main universe, Batman never liked to let others know what he was thinking, not even his closest friend Clark Kent.

The essence of Superman in the main universe, Superman Chen Tao, and the new 52 Superman.

Great, all the materials have been gathered.

At this very moment, he stands at the center of the Watchers universe, gazing at the world-builders beyond countless spaces and times.

(End of this chapter)